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Warehouse operative jobs in Hackney
Hackney has 1,250 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Hackney
What the official data says about Hackney
Warehousing and storage in Hackney is counted at 1,250 employee jobs, 0.74% of the 168,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.
Picking and packing sit inside that count, along with goods in, stock control and shift management, because the survey counts sites rather than tasks. The 175 freight transport by road jobs in Hackney are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 20 warehousing and storage sites in Hackney at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 15 of them, 75%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Warehousing that shape is built on big sheds, and big sheds mean four on four off, twilights and nights.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Hackney, 50 are part time, 3.8% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Hackney sits below it, 33rd of 33 areas on this measure. The split is almost entirely full time, which usually points to sites running fixed shift patterns rather than flexible cover.
Two further counts round out the Hackney picture: 125 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,550 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Hackney ranks 12th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.29%, against 0.74% in Hackney. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Hackney in that order sit Croydon at 0.83% and Kingston upon Thames at 0.68%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Hackney ranks 25th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 0 in Hackney. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Hackney in that order sit Croydon at 0 and Hammersmith and Fulham at 0.
The figures describe 1,250 warehouse jobs across 20 sites that exist in Hackney. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.74%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 175
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 20
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 50
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 168,000
The warehouse operative role
Warehouse work is picking, packing, loading and putting stock away, usually against a rate and usually on shifts. Voice picking, scanners and pick-to-light all measure what you do, and the rate is the job.
Warehouse operative jobs in Hackney: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Hackney?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 175 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Hackney and 1,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 255 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a warehouse operative earn in Hackney?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Hackney: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 20 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is warehouse operative work in Hackney full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 3.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Hackney, 50 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for warehouse operative jobs in Hackney?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Comfortable on your feet for a full shift. Some sites ask for a counterbalance or reach ticket, some train you. Each advert in Hackney sets out what that employer asks for.